Wilmer Valderrama

Valderrama in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama

Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 30, 1980

Ethnicity: Colombian, Venezuelan

Wilmer Valderrama is an American actor, dancer, producer, singer, and television personality. He starred in the television show That ’70s Show, as Fez.

Wilmer was born in Miami, to a Colombian mother, Sobeida (Arias), and a Venezuelan father, Balbino Antonio Valderrama Angel, who owned a farm equipment rental company. He and his family moved to Venezuela, where he was raised from the ages of three to thirteen. He also spent time in Colombia. When he was fourteen, the family returned to the U.S. He could not speak English when he returned to the U.S.